Murderbot’s First Trailer Exhibits Off Its Wry Mechanical Protagonist

His identify is “Murderbot,” and he doesn’t assume a lot of people—however the rogue security unit on the heart of Apple TV+’s new sci-fi comedy thriller series isn’t any rage-filled killing machine. He’s extra of a curious searcher and a fan of trash TV, however he will resort to violence when mandatory, a mix of character traits that confounds the carbon-based members of his crew.

Take a look at the very partaking first trailer for Murderbot, starring Alexander Skarsgård because the lethal android with the surprisingly candy face.

Murderbot (a self-given identify, by the way in which) is watching TV when he must be defending his teammates, however in his protection, The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Moon does look fairly enthralling. Way more thrilling than no matter that big centipede-thing is, however he takes care of enterprise anyway.

Right here’s the official description, as in the event you wanted any extra enticement to observe this one:

“Based mostly on Martha Wells’ best-selling, Hugo and Nebula Award successful ebook sequence The Murderbot Diaries, Murderbot is a sci-fi thriller/comedy a couple of self-hacking safety assemble who’s horrified by human emotion but drawn to its susceptible purchasers. Performed by Skarsgård, Murderbot should disguise its free will and full a harmful task when all it actually desires is to be left alone to observe futuristic cleaning soap operas and work out its place within the universe.”

The remainder of the forged contains Noma Dumezweni, David Dastmalchian, Sabrina Wu, Akshay Khanna, Tattiawna Jones, and Tamara Podemski. The present is govt produced by Skarsgård and comes from sibling filmmaking group Chris and Paul Weitz (American Pie, A couple of Boy; Paul Weitz additionally co-created Mozart within the Jungle).

Murderbot arrives Might 16 on Apple TV+ with its first two episodes; the remainder of the 10-episode season rolls out Fridays by July 11.

Need extra io9 information? Take a look at when to count on the most recent Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s subsequent for the DC Universe on film and TV, and the whole lot it’s essential to learn about the way forward for Doctor Who.